Servings: 4-6 | Prep Time: 15 min | Cook Time: 1.5 hrs
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Ingredients:
- 6 lbs Casa Ceccatelli whole free-range chicken
- 1 head of garlic roughly peeled and cut in half horizontally
- 4 minced garlic cloves
- ¼ cup of unsalted, melted butter
- 3 tbsp Casa Ceccatelli Organic Extra Virgin
- Olive Oil
- 1 lemon (halved)
- ¼ cup Casa Ceccatelli Organic Bianco Toscano IGT
- 3 fresh sprigs of rosemary
- Casa Ceccatelli Organic Sale Aromatico
- black pepper to taste
- fresh sage leaves
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Preheat the oven to 430°F and line a baking tray with foil. You can also grease a roasting pan.
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Discard the neck from inside the cavity and remove any excess fat and leftover feathers. Pat chicken dry with paper towels.
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Pour the olive oil, melted butter, wine, and the juice of half a lemon over the chicken, under the skin, and inside the cavity.
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Season chicken liberally on the outside and inside the cavity with Casa Ceccatelli Organic Sale Aromatico and pepper.
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Toss over the chopped sage.
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Rub the minced garlic over the chicken, mixing all the ingredients together over and under the skin.
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Stuff the garlic head into the chicken cavity along with the rosemary sprigs and the squeezed lemon half. Tie the legs together with butcher twine.
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Place the meat breast-side up into the baking tray or roasting pan. Roast for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes, basting halfway through cooking time until juices run clear when chicken is pierced.
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Baste chicken again, then broil for 2-3 minutes until the skin is golden
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Remove meat from the oven, cover with foil, and let sit for 10 minutes
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Serve the chicken with drizzled pan juices and the remaining lemon half cut into slices.